Overview of System Options for Metadata

SAS provides a family of system options to define the default SAS Metadata Server. The following table shows the system options by category.
System Options by Category
Category
System Options
Connection
METACONNECT=
METAPASS=
METAPORT=
METAPROFILE
METAPROTOCOL=
METAREPOSITORY=
METASERVER=
METASPN=
METAUSER=
Encryption
METAENCRYPTALG
METAENCRYPTLEVEL
Resource
METAAUTORESOURCES
To determine what system option settings are active in your SAS session, you can issue the OPTIONS command on the command line. Or submit the following procedure statement:
proc options group=meta; run;
Usually these system options are set in a configuration file or at invocation. Some of the options can be changed at any time; see the options documentation. The metadata system options affect every server that uses an Integrated Object Model (IOM) connection to the metadata server. IOM servers include the SAS Workspace Server, SAS Pooled Workspace Server, SAS Stored Process Server, SAS OLAP Server, and SAS Table Server, as well as any Base SAS session that connects to the metadata server.
For general information about SAS system options, see the SAS Language Reference: Concepts. For information about configuration files, see the SAS Companion for your operating environment. For information about administration, see SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide.